Fantini, the historic, Italian tapware company, asked Talocci to design a tap which would not only be efficient and practical, but could also respond to more emotional needs. The designer saw the gentle cascade of falling water as pre-eminently suitable to make the bathroom a space which, as she had always conceived it, goes beyond ablutions to comprise care of the self and well-being, in a vision whose rituals are learnt from the orient. The result is a tap of precise, geometric lines which, in its cascade of water, combines the function of water distribution with that of a shelf on which to put things. A tap-shelf which successfully performs its evocative function without sacrificing performance thanks to its dual function. A multisensory design, appreciable not only with the eyes but also – through the pleasurable sound of gently falling water – with the ears.